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Friday, July 06, 2007 It is yet another weekend ahead, and I should have some fun. ~ ~ I will be entering the National Institute of Education (NIE) in about 2 weeks' time. Before that, I will be assisting some colleagues and doing adhoc relief largely. Already, I can see that each person has a different approach to class management. This is more than obvious, since some prefer to silence the class, while others adopt a wait-and-see approach. For me, I will believe that to each his/her own, as long as the educational and emotional needs of the kids are largely satisfied. As for that elusive approach that works on 100 percent of the cohort, sadly to say I have not seen one in action yet. ~ ~ As said, I tend towards a more collaborative and reconcilliatory approach, since life is short and one should be happy at any point in his/her life. If life is hard enough at home, then there is no need to make it harder in school. That is not to say discipline is de-emphasized, but that it should not be the end-all of education. I can count on discipline to lead the class, but so far as I can pursue this pedagogic approach, it is useless if the kid is not happy at all. I would rather try to initiate a sense of self-discipline within them, and make them see the value of things for their own sake. I have seen my share of troublemakers, and it is easy to send them out of the system. There are some who are really obnoxious, and I am not so brave to proclaim that I can change the lives of whoever I meet. However it suffices to say, I will definitely help those who want to be helped. ~ ~ There are always some good apples in any crate, and for a particular class, I felt rather ashamed of myself for not preparing better for an adhoc lesson I was supposed to co-teach. I had heard news about that particular class, so I was pretty stunned when one of the girls actually asked me to go over the examination scripts that was not wholly done due to a split class. I was expecting to go over a sample of a news report, but after hearing that they have done it already for the umpteenth time, I could only apologize and had to continue with what I had prepared. I made a promise to go over the script next week, but the arrangement was such I may not be even going into the class at all. It would be good for me to go through the scripts, since I was the marker for their comprehension and summary scripts, but I may not get the chance, unless I propose a remedial for that group, which is not within my purview in the first case. I do not want to be seen as overstepping my boundaries, but I am depriving the kids a chance which the other half of their classmates had. The most likely scenario is that I will just go and inform the students that I will do one on my own accord, and if they wish to hear my comments, ie. marker's comments, they are free to come. Afterall, I owe them a promise I have to keep, and I will do it. ~ ~ On a note, the last thing I will expect my brother to win is to something at athletics. It is a good thing I forced him to do his weight training and running, so that he becomes less of a geek and more of a well-rounded person. He achieved a silver medal for his school's sports meet in 200 metres, so that is pretty remarkable. I was pretty reserved with my praises but feel quite happy nonetheless. At least he is not like his brother. weijie froze in time on 6.7.07

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